Sol (given name)

Last updated October 23, 2024

Sol is a given name, usually a form of "Solomon" or a gender-neutral Spanish name meaning "sun." Notable people with the name include:

Sol Aragones (born 1977), Filipina broadcast journalist and politician
Sol Bamba (born 1985), French-born Ivorian footballer
Sol Bloom (1870–1949), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and entertainment entrepreneur
Sol Brodsky (1923–1984), American comic book artist and key Marvel Comics executive
Sol Campbell (born 1974), English footballer
Sol Davis (born 1979), English footballer
Sol Eisner (fl. 1937–1951), American soccer player
Sol Gabetta (born 1981), Argentinian cellist
Sol Hachuel (1817–1834), Jewish martyr and heroine
Sol Halperin (1902–1977), American special effects artist
Sol Heras (born 1987), English actor
Sol Hoʻopiʻi (1902–1953), Hawaiian guitarist
Sol Hurok (1888–1974), American impresario
Sol Kaplan (1919–1990), American film and television music composer
Sol Kerzner (1935–2020), South African businessman
Sol Kimel (1928-2021), Israeli chemical physicist
Sol Lesser (1890–1980), American film producer
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), American artist
Sol Linowitz (1913–2005), American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman
Sol Martinez Fainberg (born 2002), Spanish-Argentinian rhythmic gymnast
Sol Miranda, Puerto Rican actress
Sol Orwell (born 1983), entrepreneur
Sol Pais, American student and FBI manhunt subject
Sol Plaatje (1876–1932), South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer
Sol Price (1916–2009), American businessman and founder of FedMart and Price Club
Sol Saks (1910–2011), creator of the television comedy show Bewitched
Sol Schiff (1917–2012), American table tennis player
Sol Schoenbach (1915–1999), American bassoonist, teacher and pedagogue
Sol C. Siegel (1903–1982), American reporter and film producer
Sol Spiegelman (1914–1983), American molecular biologist
Sol Star (1840–1917), businessman and politician
Sol Tax (1907–1995), American anthropologist
Sol Tolchinsky (1929–2020), Canadian basketball player
Sol Trujillo (born 1951), American businessman
Sol Wachtler (born 1930), American lawyer, politician, and disgraced ex-judge

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